On 10/13/2011 12:42 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 10/13/2011 12:32 PM, Andre Robatino wrote: >> Andre Robatino<robatino<at> fedoraproject.org> writes: >> >>> The return value is undefined without the return statement. >> >> Although looking at my copy of K&R 2, the early examples don't include the >> return statement either (it's used later, though). >> > > IIRC, Unix was first designed to run on machines with very limited > memory. Assigning a value that wasn't going to be used would have been > regarded as a waste of resources in those days. Guaranteed. Worked at Nat Semi back in the mid 70s and a state of the art, 1 bit by 1 k, static, 1 uSec response time, cost 2 bucks. An old copy of Byte from August, 1980 show an ad for 64KB RAM MEMORIES at the low price of only $750.00. The same issue talks about how different groups tried to minimalize object code sizes, and the differences they were scrabbling over were measured in bytes. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
